Let’s go hiking

Besides a few urban cities, Swedish Lapland is all about vast woodlands and roaring rivers. High mountains and winding coastlines. To explore is in our DNA, getting off the beaten tracks and into the wild.

Fly fishing heaven

Naming a mountain

Sweden’s highest point The first time I climbed Giebmegáisi was in another time, another life. It was in the 90s, and during winter. My friends and I from the Mountain Guide Programme in Storuman ascended it in the spring-winter, taking what’s known as the Eastern Route (Östra lede...

Laponia

Five in the morning, on a clear day in July. The view from Vákkudakvárátja, just above the STF cabin in Vákkudavarre, towards Áhkká, is glorious indeed. Still, the word glorious is not enough to describe the landscape that extends out in front of you. Could beauty and grandeur be almost dea...

Haparanda to Riksgränsen

Are you planning a road trip in Northern Sweden? Bring a map of the route Riksgränsen–Haparanda, along the road known as Tornedalsvägen, with accommodation ideas, excursions and beaches to visit, and above all: everything along the way waiting to be discovered....

The Honeymoon route

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By car along Silvervägen

Are you planning a road trip in northern Sweden? The famous Silver Road (Highway 95) runs from Skellefteå up to the Arjeplog mountains and the border between Sweden and Norway. Here you'll find maps and accommodation ideas, places to visit and lots of things to discover along the way....

Arjeplog

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Sorsele

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Trail running the King’s trail

The most common way to experience King’s Trail (Kungsleden) is walking or skiing at a comfortable pace. But there are other ways – come along on an up-tempo journey through the scenic mountains of Swedish Lapland when Krissy, Luke and Fredrik takes on the challenge of spending a week running...

A ski expedition in Sarek

– If you want to see the northern lights get out of your tents NOW! Christian’s basso profundo boomed out across the camp. I had just gone into my tent, thinking the evening’s display was over. Several of us h...

Sweden’s highest mountain station

I’ve been here plenty of times — in summer as well as in winter — and I guess that’s why I’m already thinking about the waffles. I’m trying to decide whether to go for cloudberry or raspberry jam. Still, in the end, I give in: it has to be cloudberries — I’m in Swedish Lapland aft...

The King of all trails

Sweden’s most famous hiking trail, Kungsleden, initially went from A to A. From Abisko to Ammarnäs, or vice versa. It was not until 1975 that the trail was extended to go past the King’s fishing spot at lake Tärnasjön in Sorsele municipality as well, and on to Hemavan. The Swedish Tourist ...